For decades, seismologists have known that Earth is never completely still, even when no earthquakes are happening and no volcanoes are erupting. Sensitive instruments worldwide record a continuous ...

A persistent, low-frequency hum has invaded the city of West Haven, Connecticut, according to many residents, leaving some shaken by an occurrence they’re calling everything from mysterious to ...

A mysterious, low-frequency noise has settled over the small town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, and is keeping people awake. It’s called “The Hum,” and reports of this phenomenon have been popping up ...

Scientists monitor how ripples in spacetime, most likely caused by the interaction of supermassive black holes, affect the timing of signals from pulsars. (Illustration by Aurore Simonnet for NANOGrav ...

Residents say mystery hum is disrupting daily life.

Could the Midshipman fish be the source of West Seattle’s mystery hum? (AP image) The mysterious humming sound keeping some West Seattle residents awake could be coming from a fish, according to some ...